Pretty awesome session strength IPA bursting with hop freshness while the ABV is held completely in check. This is the wave of the future! Reminds me a bit of some of the Tired Hands hoppy offerings in the way it packs so much fresh and vivid hop flavor into such a low alcohol beer. Pale gold, almost straw colored beer with a light haze and a small white head. Good retention and lacing. Aroma of resinous, citrus, and grassy hops, very little in the way of detectable malt. Really pops out of the glass in a lovely way.

In the flavor the malt takes a backseat to the hops in a big way; sweetness is extremely restrained, and the faintest dry, crackery malt note lies underneath the big hop characteristics. Again there is resins and pine, citrus and grass, lemony freshness. Tons of subtleties and complexity. Plainly, delicious. Dry finish and a lingering but not overly assertive bitter aftertaste.

Feel is slightly lighter than medium, carbonation is moderate, crisp but smooth and creamy. This is a totally elegant, totally quaffable beer that I would drink all the time if I could. Very, very good stuff.

pour is a transparent light golden orange with a relatively tight white head. The nose is beady, light grain, fair bit of lemony grassy hops with a touch of grapefruit in back. The taste is more grainy, light bread crust, hops are weaker, still herbal, faint lemon note with a very dry finish, notes of grapefruit, and assertive carbonation on the light body.

O: What a great beer! I wish this were A) canned, B) easy to get, and C) affordable, as I might drink nothing else in the summer. To find this kind of profound hoppiness in a genuine session beer is really, really special.

This beer pours a cloudy, straw yellow. It leaves a thick, fluffy white head. It really looks like a wheat beer. It has a pretty strong, dank hop aroma. It smells like a much bigger beer. Taste blew me away. I can't believe this is a 3.5% beer. It certainly will not be confused with a massive DIPA, but it can definitely hold its own with other IPAs. It is crisp and clean in the mouth, with a little hop oil presence. Overall, this is an awesome beer. What most impresses me is what they squeezed out of a 3.5% beer. The best 'session' beer I've ever had, period. This is a case of the end result being greater than the sum of its parts.

A - Dark gold with tones of brown and yellow. Has a glow to it and slightly reflective. Small white head that left a nice amount of head

S - Smells of pine hops with a slight citrus and grapefruit mixed in as well

T - Strong pine and grapefruit hops with a nice lemon peel on the backend. This is really hoppy for being under 4% and would stand up with some of the best American IPAs out there. Leaves a nice, slightly bitter pine hops that lingers in the finish. The tartness from the lemon flavor adds a nice complexity and keeps it fom being a normal hop bomb

MF - A bit light, which would be expected for the low alcohol but has a nice amount of carbonation that gives it a full mouthfeel

O - Really amazing how much flavor is in this low alcohol beer. It has strong hop flavors mixed in with a light lemon that gives it a different complexity than you normally find in an IPA. Great offering by Lawson's.